Show MR DRAKES DRAKE'S FAMILY OLD Mr Drake thinking very hard for In his family he had one Madam Duck that had only one duckling duck duck- lIng She gives more time to that one than the others gIve to theIr whole brood said sah Mr Drake Now something something some some- thing must be done or she will never lay any more eggs eggs Dicky Duck Is such a delicate chIld explained Madam Duck DucIc when old Mr Drake told her to let DIcky I find his own worms and food tood lOne He has hasto hasto to be looked after very carefully Mr Drake I am sure you can see he be Is not at all like Uke other quite ducks different dif dit- ferent erent Yes he Is said Mr Drake to him him- self as he walked away and if 11 I do doI I your Son Is One to Be Proud of Madam Duck not take matters In hand he will never be lIke other ducks And nd that would be bea a pity for tor I 1 think DIcky should make maken n a fine drake some day to take my place And then Mr Drake did some wise thinking and the next morning he told all ot of the ducklIngs that the one who found the bIggest worm should lend lead in inthe the swimmIng on the pond and and besides besIdes be- be sIdes he should have a dIsh ot of mush nU all for tor himself lOOt Of course Dicky Duck cannot be In Inthe Inthe the contest saId Madam Duck lOne He lOneIs Heis Is not strong enough to do hard hord work You see if 11 I 1 am not saId DIcky and oU off he waddled with the other ducklings before hIs mother could stop hIm It was Dicky Duck who won the prIze and hIs mother was so proud that she bragged about It all 1111 around the yard But ut the next next mornIng she was wasso wasso so worried for tor tear fear he had overworked that she made him sit In a nice mud mad puddle whIle she hunted for tor hIs food What are you doIng there called out old Mr Drake when he saw Dicky sitting all comfortable Why are you not hunting for I worked so hard yesterday that I Iam Iam am tired thed said Dicky Duck From under his wing old Mr Drake took a switch be had cut and said It If you do not wIsh to know how this feels across your back and around your legs you begin to waddle and waddle fast tast The next time I see you taking any food tood that your mother has found 1 I Ishall shall shull let you find out just how a nice willowy switch feels as well as looks DIcky waddled away and when hIs mother returned with a tat fat worm for tor her ber only child chUd wIse Mr Drake said You son Is one to be proud of Madam Madam Ma- Ma dam Duck and he wishes me to tell you he can earn hIs own lIving now and you ou are not to bother agaIn getting worms or bugs for tor hIm uHe He Is ashamed or of sitting around while you work for tor the other ducklings ducklIngs duck duck- lIngs thInk he just happened to find the biggest worm yesterday and It was luck not because he was so smart And now he wants to show them they are mistaken An I 1 will tell you somethIng madam the tanner farmer has looked In your nest several times Umes lately and If you wish to lIve to see how smart your son really is Is my advIce to you Is to attend to egg laying and let DIcky show how bow clever he Is Madam Duck swallowed the worm she had for tor her son and looked after atter v Mr Drake Drako with wIde open eyes But she waddled oft off to the duck house and found her nest for she knew Mr Drake was a wise old bird and there there- was truth troth In what he saidI said I 1 managed that rather cleverly I think said Mr Drake as he waddled toward the pond I shall shaU have nomore no no- more trouble wIth eIther ot of them I feel teel sure sure- surCo m 0 by McClure Newspaper Syndicate |